Over the last few days I've been surveying a few sites for work in areas
north of Melbourne. Most of these were on freehold land on the Quarry
Hills range between Epping and Mernda on Melbourne's northern edge.
Most sites are devoid of native vegetation, but some have a woodland
dominated by Manna Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis), and others a grassy
open-forest dominated by Red Stringybark (E. macrorhyncha). I've been
mildly surprised at some of the avian diversity holding on in rather
adverse conditions - species such as Barking Owl, Speckled Warbler and
Southern Whiteface - and entertained by other great spectacles such as a
Black Falcon toying with the 30-40 knot wind blowing over the hilltops.
List follows:
QUARRY HILLS, 28 & 30/1/2002, Lawrie Conole
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Black Falcon Falco subniger
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Rock Dove Columba livia
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Barking Owl Ninox connivens
Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittata
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Little Raven Corvus mellori
Australian Pipit Anthus australis
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor
Fox Vulpes vulpes
Brown Hare Lepus capensis
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Goat Capra hircus
Brown-striped Frog Limnodynastes peronii
Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard Tiliqua scincoides
55 species
This morning I took some colleagues out to Woodlands Historic Park next
to Tullamarine Airport to practise some bird survey and ID techniques.
The morning there turned out pretty well too, considering that it was
very windy most of the time! Lots of birds to test their ID skills in
the Grey Box woodland - quite a few Red-capped Robins; the usual one
Black Kite; and a strident pair of Collared Sparrowhawks being amongst
the highlights. List follows:
WOODLANDS HISTORIC PARK, 31/1/2003, Lawrie Conole
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Little Raven Corvus mellori
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
33 species
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Lawrie Conole
Senior Ecologist
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